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Format: 02-13-2012
Format: 02-13-2012
Auctioning Democracy: The Rise of Super PACs and the 2012 Election
The presidential race had barely gotten off the ground when it became clear that 2012 would be the year of the Super PAC. The millions of dollars raised and spent by these strange and powerful court...
February 8, 2012 | Report |
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie
Ending Unjust Employment Credit Checks
In the midst of the worst economic downturn in decades, millions of Americans are out of work and struggling to keep up with bills for even the most basic expenses. What they need more than anything...
February 7, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Amy Traub
Voter ID In Virginia: An Expensive Mistake
Virginia legislators are considering several bills that would make it more difficult for eligible persons to cast a ballot that will be counted, and would impose large costs for implementation. One...
February 2, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Liz Kennedy
Tova Wang
Opinion in NAACP v. Georgia, National Voter Registration Act
On February 1, 2012 a U.S. District Court denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Demos and a coalition of voting rights groups to remedy the State of Georgia's failure to provide voter...
February 1, 2012 | Litigation |
US District Court Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division
Beyond GDP: New Measures For A New Economy
For decades, GDP has enjoyed supreme status as the predominant benchmark of our economic and social progress. In reality, GDP obscures or ignores essential aspects of Americans’ economic and social...
January 26, 2012 | Report |
Lew Daly
Stephen Posner
Does Growth Equal Progress? The Myth of GDP
GDP measures economic growth, but is it an accurate measure of progress? While GDP has been steadily increasing, indicating a growing economy, other metrics of progress show a very different picture...
January 26, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Lew Daly
J.Mijin Cha
Dan Thompson
New State Voting Laws II: Protecting The Right To Vote in the Sunshine State
State-sponsored infringement on the right to vote is not a new phenomenon in Florida. Indeed, Florida’s history of voting rights violations led Congress to require that five Florida counties seek pre...
January 25, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Steven Carbó
Liz Kennedy
10 Ways Citizens United Endangers Democracy
Two years ago the Supreme Court got it supremely wrong when it held that corporations had the  same rights as people to spend money in elections. Campaign finance laws protect our democracy from...
January 19, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Liz Kennedy
Top 10 Nelson Take-Downs Of Citizens United
A Nelson hold is a wrestling move used to pin an opponent.  The Montana Supreme Court recently upheld its century old restrictions on corporate political spending, finding that the State had a...
January 19, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Liz Kennedy
What the U.S. Can Learn From China
While America is still reeling from the 2008 financial crisis, a high unemployment rate, and a surge in government debt, China’s economy is the second largest in the world and many predict will...
January 11, 2012 | Book |
Ann Lee